Amblystomus somalicus Basilewsky 1948
Authors/Creators
- 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden, The Netherlands; e-mail: Ron. Felix @ naturalis. nl
- 2. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Kamýcká 129, CZ- 165 21, Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic; e-mail: farkac @ fld. czu. cz
- 3. Conservation and Research Unit at the Environmental Protection Authority Socotra Island, Hadiboh, Yemen; e-mail: qamhem @ yahoo. com
Description
Material examined (2 spec.). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Hadiboh environment, 12°36′57″N, 54°01′01″E, 20.x.– 1.xi.2000, 1 spec., lgt. H. Pohl, det. M. Persohn (HLMD); Diksam plateau, 12°31′24″N, 53°58′29″E, 5.ii.2010, 1 spec., lgt. L. Purchart & J. Vybíral, det. R.F.F.L. Felix (NMPC).
Diagnosis. Body length 2.5–3.0 mm. Head and pronotum rather shiny black, elytra more reddish-brown. Legs reddish with blackish femora. Antennae brown with antennomeres I–II lighter.
Comments on classification. Amblystomus somalicus resembles A. aeneolus Chaudoir, 1876, known from Somalia, Yemen, Kenya and Madagascar. Amblystomus aeneolus is mostly larger, posterior pronotal angles are more broadly rounded, elytral striae are fine and clearly incised, antennomeres I–II are dark.
Distribution. Known from Somalia. First record from Socotra Island.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5176756 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/3E4EFF9BFF8AFFC5B70A667B7368D367 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/C27787E3FF84FFCBB69267B170F6D036 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- HLMD , NMPC
- Event date
- 2000-10-20 , 2010-02-05
- Verbatim event date
- 2000-10-20/11-01 , 2010-02-05
- Scientific name authorship
- Basilewsky
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Amblystomus
- Species
- somalicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Amblystomus somalicus Basilewsky, 1948 sec. Felix, Farkač & Suleiman, 2012
References
- BASILEWSKY P. 1948: Coleopteres Carabidae africains nouveaux des collections du Musee Roy. d'Hist. Nat. de Belgique. Bulletin du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 24 (4): 2 - 4.
- CHAUDOIR M. DE 1876: Monographie des Brachynides. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique 19: 11 - 104.